"Aen estar Hadhafang i chathol hen, thand arod dan i thang an i arwen" Written in Tengwar in the Sindarin language of the Grey Elves, the inscription reads: 'This sword-blade is called 'Throng-cleaver' [Hadhafang], a noble defence against the enemy throng for a noble-lady [arwen]'. |
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| Hadfafang quite literally
means 'throng-cleaver' - it once belonged to Idril Celebrindal, a Noldor
Elf and daughter of king Turgon of the lost kingdom of Gondolin. She passed
the sword down to her son, Eärendil (a Half-elf because of his mortal
and elven parents). He gave the sword to his own son and second son, Elrond,
master of Rivendell. Elrond used Hadhafang in the War of the Last Alliance
against Sauron at the end of the Second Age.
Elrond entrusted Hadafang to his daughter Arwen; she used it when she helped Frodo escape from the Nazgul, The Ringwraiths, and bore him safely to Rivendell. The original inscription would have included the line: "Idril i hel en aran Gond dolen", meaning: "Idril, daughter of the king of the Hidden Rock [ie. Gondolin]". This important inscription points to the original wielder of the sword and makes it possible to determine its movements through the line of Elves. There is an intentional pun in the main inscription - the Sindarin translation of "noble lady [or noble-maid]" is in fact "arwen". In a sense the blade claims a relationship with it's current bearer even though she was born almost an age after its forging. Perhaps Elrond named Arwen after the title on this family heirloom. Overall Length: 38-1/8"
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| UC1298 Hadhafang Sword of Arwen | Qty: Price: $169.95 |
